One of the most beautiful voices in jazz and gospel in France, soulful singer Margeaux Lampley has lived several lives. Originally from Oakland, California, she has degrees from UCLA and Columbia Law School, but has also been a dancer, pop singer, actress and a Wall Street lawyer…

After obtaining a law degree from Columbia and working for a renowned law firm in New York and then Paris, she left it all to to live the artist’s life in Paris, studying jazz and in no time establishing herself as a featured artist and backup vocalist for various French groups, including Marathonians, Pétroleuses (producer of Nouvelle Vague), Bang Bang and Funkaroma. Her song “Come on girl, come on boy”, co-written with the Marathonians, was an international success, signed by Warner Music and used for a worldwide Peugeot publicity campaign. As part of the duo Sodex, she released two successful singles, including “Move Me”, featured on the soundtrack of the film “De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté”, in addition to compilations in France and throughout various parts of the world.

With her warm, intimate style, Margeaux is a regular on the Paris music scene and has been making a name for herself throughout France and Europe as a solo jazz artist and as a member of various gospel groups in France and Germany (The 100 Voices of Gospel, Liberty Gospel, Golden Voices of Gospel). As soprano leader and principal spokesperson and negotiator, she performed recently with The 100 Voices of Gospel as a finalist in the 2016 edition of Britain’s Got Talent, one of the largest and most well-known talent competitions in the world.

In 2008, she released her first solo jazz album, « Love for Sale », revisiting classics such as Love for sale, Lady is a tramp and Fly me to the moon. The album also gave us her version of the famed Serge Gainsbourg song, La Javanaise, as well as two of her own compositions, “Buildin’ Walls” and “Still in the mood”, a vibrant fusion of jazz, soul and bossa nova. A second album Rain was released in 2012, including 9 original compositions oscillating between jazz, ポップ, soul and latin music. A third album, a tribute to Michael Jackson, is currently being recorded and should be released in late 2016.

In addition to touring, Margeaux also proposes educational jazz concerts and workshops for children, initiating them to jazz music, transforming pop, rock and other styles of music into jazz. She performs regularly for the Sunday afternoon Jazz & Gouter series at the Sunset-Sunside Jazz Club in Paris, as well as for their innovative art/jazz improvisation series featuring an artist and a jazz group who improvise together. Outside of music, Margeaux’s voice can be heard in numerous commercials, documentaries, films and video games as a voiceover actress.